I finally was able to get a hold of free-agent winger Alex Tanguay's agent today for a few minutes on the phone.

Tanguay's agent, Robert Sauve, said the Panthers are one of five or six teams he's talking with that Tanguay is considering signing with.

"They're one of the teams we've talked to, but that's about all I can say," Sauve said. He added that he's received "a few offers," but wouldn't say whether the Panthers have made an offer.

"We're still looking at everything, trying to find the best situation for him," Sauve said. "We're going to take a little more time. We have a feeling we're close with some teams, but we don't know how much time it's going to take to finalize."

Tanguay had 16 goals and 25 assists in 50 games with the Canadiens last season. He made $5.375 million, with a salary cap hit of $5.25 million, but is expected to take a considerable pay cut.

Comments (30 Comments)

Is Tanguay the best wing who could add serious scoring punch to the Panthers? No. But he’s probably the best we can hope for the Panthers to sign (as they missed the boat on a few others). At just around 30, he’s not too old and he has shown real brilliance offensively. Plus he is a solid veteran.

tanguay would immediately become our best forward – so yes, i want them to sign him. i firmly believe it would be the difference between having a legitamate shot at the playoffs or another playoff-less season. adding tanguay would give us three legitamate scoring lines, which could help make up for the loss of bouwmeester.

The only way Tanguay will sign here is if all other NHL teams slam the door in his face…
This will only happen if Tanguay holds-out for more money than they are offering today, and all the other potential teams realize that they no longer have room under their respective salary cap.

Is this a joke? Of course we want the panthers to sign tanguay. It will give them a legitimate playmaker on offense to make up for the terrible overrated players in nathan horton and olesz.
p.s. good thing we passed up nash for bouwmeester. if the jackets could lock him up to an 8 year extension there is no doubt that the panthers could’ve done the same. this is what happens when you draft an inept player who has lived in his canada shell his whole life.

Tanguay = immediately our #1 forward. Sign him, Sexton. NOW! This would really make us deep and strong at FW. We’re not making up for the loss of Bouwmeester on defense, so we need some real punch offensively. Signign Tangs gives us 3 deep scoring lines if you have a Stillman-Soup-Olesz for the 3rd line.

Sign him. Won’t be the best forward on team, that is Booth with or without Tanguay but the more players that can score the better. Panthers need to score more goals, Tanguay helps. That said I would prefer a trade for Dany Heatley but I doubt that ever happens so yeah sign Tanguay.

If the Panthers sign Tanguay, all he will be is another excuse for the fans to complain. He is NOT a playmaker. He might be a second line scoring threat on a good team, but nothing more. And the money he’ll want is too much for what he brings to the game. His numbers have diminished over time.
People in South Florida really need to stop buying in the hype and look at the foundation. Buying into undeserved hype is what brought Keenan and martin into the area and set the team back 5 freakin years.

Why is everyone say no one can replace bouwmeester on Defense. Lets stop trying to fool ourselves, here is the truth he was a good offensive defenseman. he logged a lot of ice time but the truth is he was and is a career -17 so tell can one person please let me know what we lost on defense

clash, i see you’re still an idiot. tanguay has proven himself as an 80+ point forward more than once. he’s a first line forward on the majority of teams out there.
he’s a legit top-line talent who is good for 75+ points, when healthy. injuries have definitely been a problem…but when he plays, he’s damn good.

Sure, sign him, he’s a NHL’er proven goal scorer. I don’t know what happened in Montreal but to have 20 or 25 goals would be good for the Panties! Better him than the usual AHL’ers, but don’t get your hopes up he’ll probably go elsewhere.

Someone in montreal is stating that it is comin down between the bolts and us. Im sure as a french canadian Tanguay would love to play with st louis and lecavalier but here he would be the face of the franchise…. Lets see what happens..

Nobody cares where the Panthers will end up as long as nobody will force AC to get a first 5 overall draft pick ever again…Yes, the whole sale thing is baloney….there’s no end to this nightmare called Cohen.

Nobody cares where the Panthers will end up as long as nobody will force AC to get a first 5 overall draft pick ever again…Yes, the whole sale thing is baloney….there’s no end to this nightmare called Cohen.
Posted by: Top Gun | July 14, 2009 at 05:35 PM
Please be patient during our rebuilding process as we build a strong foundation for the future.
always,
ac

Whats the point?? Why pay a guy who hasn’t been very good in a couple of years to an overpriced contract just so we can battle Tampa for last place. If the front office things this is a great signing they are mistaken. There lack of moves show how serious they are about winning..
Goodbye Vokoun

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